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  • Avon Community Member Donates in Memory of His Curious and Courageous Son

    Generous Gift Covers Printing Costs for 2023-24 School Year Newspapers Avon, Ind. – Parag Patel, Avon resident, made a donation of more than $2,500 to Avon High School (AHS), an amount which will cover printing costs for the remaining four issues of the school’s student newspaper, Avon Echo, during the 2023-24 school year. Patel’s gift… Read more

  • Performing Arts Groups Come Together to Host Annual ‘Sounds of the Season’

    Performing Arts Groups Come Together to Host Annual ‘Sounds of the Season’

    by Simone Bender ​This Friday, Dec. 15, the Avon choirs combined with the Avon Choral Orchestra in the spirit of winter holidays to conduct their 2023 Sounds of the Season concert. ​The seven choirs (Oriole, Black and Gold, Symphonic, Allegros, Attraction, Chamber Singers, and Accents) sang a series of Christmas and Hanukkah celebration songs while the Choral Orchestra… Read more

  • Guidance Counselor Mr. Cook Pranks Assistant Principal Mr. Nelson with ‘High Five Day!’

    Guidance Counselor Mr. Cook Pranks Assistant Principal Mr. Nelson with ‘High Five Day!’

    By Salem Araya When students walked into school this morning, they were met with posters advertising “Mr. Nelson’s High Five Day!” with Assistant Principal Mr. Nelson. The posters encouraged students to help Nelson get 1,000 high fives by the end of the day. The reason for this? A prank war between Guidance Counselor Mr. Cook… Read more

  • Avon High School Orchestra Performs Annual Holiday Concert

    Avon High School Orchestra Performs Annual Holiday Concert

    by Salem Araya Photo Credits: Cayce Hansel  On Dec. 11th, Avon High School’s Orchestra performed their annual holiday concert. The event featured performances from the Intermezzo, Philharmonic, and Symphony Orchestras. Led by Director Dean Westman, and Associate Director Joel Powell, the concert was a hit, with a sold out audience, and many guest appearances. Appearances… Read more

  • Project Angel Spreads Holiday Spirit

    Project Angel Spreads Holiday Spirit

    by Emily Hillman To some people, Christmas is a favorite holiday because of the gifts received or the food eaten, but it’s a favorite for different reasons at Project Angel. For them, it’s the season of giving. Project Angel is a non-profit organization that has been helping feed families around Hendricks County for more than… Read more

  • The Struggle for Women’s Educational Rights Continues On

    by Simone Bender Arooj Khalid was 14 years old when she came to the realization that the world was in a state of mind so abhorrent, it was nearly past saving. The shots fired on TV, the bullet that penetrated the skin of a girl her same age simply because of her desire to go to school:… Read more

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